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Playing, eating, drawing, write ... At what age do we know that a child is left or right handed?
The beginning of lateralization
When the toddler begins to grasp objects, he uses either of his left hand or his right hand is normal. He learns to coordinate his movements but it is not lateralized. Lateralization does not before 3 years. Between 3 and 6 years, lateralization is taking place gradually and naturally is confirmed by the ability of the child with either of his hands. Let it change hands depending on your needs and does not contradict its trends Natural: encourage him but let him always determine for itself the hand he used. Most often, the right-handed or left-handed orientation of the child is in place at the time of entry to primary school (CP). Good to know: to make progress, your child tries to imitate you. If you stand in front of him to play or to get him to eat, naturally he will get the left hand you stretch him of his right hand ... This may encourage them to become left-handed. Not to influence its lateralization, rather sit next to him and not in front.
Can we identify its preferred side before 3 years?
Preference left or right of the child is observed in many gestures of everyday life. Small simple tests can help you find the time before his preferred side: Let them climb stairs and see if it starts with the left foot or right foot. Similarly, you can see which way he shoots a ball. Give it a kaleidoscope (or make a telescope of paper) and notice the eye with which he looks. Give him an alarm clock: which side he plays tic-tac? Finally, stay alert (er) to all actions of life Current: which hand he holds a spoon, a toy, a pencil, brush, brush your teeth? ... If your child has completed all the exercises on the same side: it is likely to already be lateralized or during lateralization.
However, do not wear a hasty conclusion, it may not yet be definitively choose between his right hand and his left hand. And if he is left-handed, especially not to oppose him. If he has done some exercises on the left, others from the right side, repeat the tests regularly. Some children are lateralized late, around 6 years. Perhaps also there will be ambidextrous, that is to say capable of using either his right or his left.
Your child writes with his left hand? Respect her choice! Being left handed is no problem: there is no reason not to accept it. It is true that our everyday environment is more designed for righties. But a child left naturally adapts to his world, without this it is a problem.
To assist in learning, choose whenever possible specific tools (scissors for lefties, for example). Problems could arise however if you contrariiez his natural tendencies, what has long been forcing left-handers to write with his right hand: bad bearings in space, problems in learning to write, writing some "chicken scratch"! Now we respect the natural orientation of left-handers: Teachers are also recommendations in this regard.
As lateralization is delayed
Only its entry into first grade (CP) is known if the child is actually left handed or right: when it begins the Learning reading and writing, the child is usually lateralized allowing it to be more accurate and more skillful. If at age 6, your child is still hesitating between one and the other hand, it can be embarrassed into academic learning: see psychomotor one that will reveal its true guiding hand.
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Tips to help children write
Tilt his paper on the right side
Because contrary to what is still widespread among teachers, slightly tilt the sheet on which is written to the left or right, depending on whether it is right or left hand, facilitates act of writing.
The help position his hand on the page and on the pen
The child has sometimes left a bad grip on the pen, especially if he does not have a model like the little right-hander. His hand "pushes" writing instead of shoot. It hides what is written, creates "blunders". Try to do with him what is the best posture.
Help her relax
It will take a little longer maybe to learn to write, but better not to rush. To support this, we can teach him the first acts by the game, make him understand what his preference, right-handed or left-handed, in a playful way: by whose hand he grasped the door handle, or that the ball we sent him ...?
Never annoy a preference
First, it is ineffective. And above him this could cause problems in its spatial organization and affect on subsequent academic achievement, particularly in mathematics.
Note:
Small children left sometimes develop a system for mirroring: the letters, the order of words in the sentence are strictly reversed (eg weight becomes bioq). If it persists, this can become worrisome and require the intervention of a psychomotor or a psychotherapist.
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Sources
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